Lost In All Hoopla and Chazerai This Weekend

[bobabode]

'Gilbert, the Hortmans’ golden retriever, was ‘too happy-go-lucky’ to be a service dog'

"Gilbert, the four-year-old golden retriever trained by Rep. Melissa Hortman to be a service dog, was too friendly for a working dog’s life. So, he became the family pet, much to Hortman’s delight.

“A lot of dogs just want to be around people — all people” — a wonderful trait that Gilbert shared, but a less-desirable attribute in service dogs, who need to focus on one person, said Alyssa Golob, executive director of the nonprofit Helping Paws, which trains and places service animals with the help of volunteers like the Hortmans.

Gilbert was humanely euthanized by the Hortmans’ adult children after he was gravely injured in the early Saturday shooting that killed his owners, according to Rep. Erin Koegel, DFL-Spring Lake Park.

During a safety meeting after the shooting, the House sergeant-at-arms told members that Gilbert had to be put down. Gilbert formerly made appearances in legislative Zoom meetings, barking or jumping up on Hortman, Koegel said.

“When I heard that Gilbert had passed, too, I just knew it was because Melissa needed him. She needed him with her,” Koegel said.

In a statement released Monday night, Hortman’s children Sophie and Colin said one way to keep their parents’ memory alive would be to “pet a dog...a golden retriever is ideal, but any will do.”

continued - https://www.startribune.com/melissa-...sota/601374091

[Noogies]

Thanks, Bob. Adds yet another dimension to the sadness.

[RickeyM]

IMO this falls at the feet of the Republican party which has enabled and defended DJT. They have deliberately pitted Americans against each other and it's not a recent thing.

[piece-itpete]

Rickey IIRC Trump got shot at recently.

Sad about the dog Defending its people I bet. Next time I pet a dog I'll remember.

Pete

[donquixote99]

You call the ear thing recently?

And you don't think there's something fishy about that?

[Rajoo]

Blame the Deep State for having the Secret Service agents look the other way when Mathew Crooks climbed up on the roof with an AK-47.

[piece-itpete]

The right holds no monopoly on conspiracies apparently.

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The right holds no monopoly on conspiracies apparently.

Pretty close to it though.

[piece-itpete]

Rajoo might have been funning

It is remarkable though, how some long held conspiracies by the far left (about US world police, free trade, vaccinees, fluoride) are now being championed by the hated Trump

Pete

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Rajoo might have been funning

It is remarkable though, how some long held conspiracies by the far left (about US world police, free trade, vaccinees, fluoride) are now being championed by the hated Trump

Pete

I was......